Slowdive - Sleep (Live at Komedia, Bath - 18th May 2022)

Slowdive play Sleep live for the first time.

[@NANA_dnb]

0:33 Dude in front row’s reaction is priceless… can’t believe I’m even witnessing this video now. What a treasure.

[@manco828]

He's the new blue haired girl!

[@hiimjosh868]

@@manco828 whos that?

[@manco828]

@@hiimjosh868 Slowdive fans know.

[@hiimjosh868]

​@@manco828 dont gatekeep me man. i need to be assimilated into the culture

[@Ignacio916]

@@manco828 HAHAHA

[@yammsschmitz]

Sleep, for the first time ever. So grateful to have been there for it.

[@flukeDC4]

I saw Peter Hook and the Light do a Joy Division set about 4 years ago- Seeing songs you have been listening to for decades grow legs and run around in front of you for the first time is something I will cherish for the rest of my life. I cant even imagine being in the audience getting to hear Sleep live for the first time. I would have goosebumps for months.

[@royvlgorilla1037]

how does it feel it?

[@noverrr4508]

Oh my god, I think I would actually cry. The best slowdive song. I remember getting home after I saw phoebe bridgers in manchester earlier this year and just getting home and wishing I couldve stayed forever, such a strange feeling.

[@noverrr4508]

@@flukeDC4 I was gonna interview Peter for a college project in Manchester but it ended up falling through cos he was touring. Got his number tho :)

[@biofitanatomy]

How come they never played it before?

[@ScorpionInTheBag]

One of their best songs ever made, it should of been a single. Deserved to be. still seen and existent. That's art.

[@alison115]

it wasn’t a single because it was a cover of christian’s previous band, eternal

[@lillotusplays]

shouldve - should of doesnt not mean anything... of? of what?

[@reedsullivan9071]

I would’ve flown across the world to see this song.

[@GShaw197]

I know someone flew in from Canada for the gig. Not sure if anyone came from further away.

[@davidsanchezvasquez]

@@GShaw197 I flew from Vienna if that counts. Magical night.

[@GShaw197]

@@davidsanchezvasquez You are a wise man 👍🏻 Hope you had a great night!

[@duckface524]

acknowledging their best song, i see

[@omarlopez1372]

Idk about implying their cover of Sleep is their best song but it's a great listen.

[@tristanlee8495]

I don’t know if cover is exactly the right term for it, given that Slowdive shares a member with Eternal.

[@Psychegaze]

My fav slowdive song. Sleep is how I found out about Slowdive. I was shocked by how good it is and it wasn't even in their LPs

[@Ultramasterjedi]

this song is easily in my top 5 favorites, and im SO glad they havent forgotten it. I hope they release a version on their next album. Even just hearing a new take on it from them, even if its an unprofessional recording (although this is the best ive seen so far) is so wonderful. Wish I could've been there

[@GShaw197]

Thanks and apologies it's not better - new camera and first time using it for video so... It was a great night!

[@Ultramasterjedi]

@@GShaw197 dont apologize, this recording IS good, it would take professional and expensive sound equipment to do any better

[@noverrr4508]

It needs the strings in it. The strings are what makes the song sounds so beautiful imo but, a nice clean recording of it would be amazing.

[@christophermaynard1902]

Thank you!!!

[@Milan_N13]

Dude in front row’s reaction shows you how special this song is. I wish that they make an official release for it.

[@MarkozDepeche]

I hope it comes on his new album

[@geraldpawlish6775]

This is completely surreal watching this!

[@PerplexEdel]

This song made me discover Slowdive a couple years ago when i was going throw a bad stage. I immediately fell in love, not just with the song, but with the band too. I always wanted this song to be officially released or for them to sing it in a concert. And now watching this, it just feel unreal

[@shycyn7004]

I ALWAYS DREAM ABOUT THIS AND FINALLY HAPPENED

[@10thousandleaves]

i really wished and here we are !!!

[@weezadam]

They finally performed Sleep live, holy crap! Bless you Slowdive, you know what your fans like and this sounded heavenly. Please make this a setlist staple!

[@DaGhost141]

one of the greatest comebacks

[@brandndeese3993]

My all time favorite Sløwdive song since the day I first discovered their incredible music_

[@GShaw197]

It's a song from Eternal, Christian Savill's pre-Slowdive band. You can find it at graveface.bandcamp.com/album/eternal-breathe

[@fadedSF]

That is an earlier demo version of the song than the Sarah records version, apparently Christian hadn't added his signature guitar solo track yet, so it's a bit lackluster compared to the previously released version.

[@besaki1804]

this song forever holds a special place in my heart

[@zombified3362]

The two days or so this was on Spotify was fun

[@lovorka3321]

I love how a lot of people are just enjoying music profoundly intimately in the moment. Not so much phones recording because moment like this is not supposed to be recorded, it's supposed to be felt deeply, completely like driving with someone you love in late sunset while wind blows your hair and everything comes to that one unified present moment and you float like ascending to the sky above.

[@Endrin]

i wish i could experience a slowdive concert so bad im gonna cry

[@ShadowFrosty101]

I love Slowdive so much I do hope that this releases on there 5th album

[@GShaw197]

It's a song from Eternal, Christian Savill's pre-Slowdive band. You can find it at graveface.bandcamp.com/album/eternal-breathe

[@ShadowFrosty101]

@@GShaw197 yeah I know about that

[@wreckedsun]

Man, I can’t hold back my tears.

[@diegocastaneda9836]

So dope. This gives me hope they'll release it someday

[@GShaw197]

Seeing it done live is as close as we’ll get to that.

[@FaabmanHD]

this song is actually secretly realeased on spotify

[@huimo4886]

where@@FaabmanHD

[@r0cksyy-]

@@FaabmanHDwhere

[@MrAthul22]

@@r0cksyy- removed now

[@gabriel_cardoso17gc14]

they need to record this masterpiece again

[@KULIBIN72RUS]

For what? It sounds HEAVENLY BLESSED GODLIKE how it is.

[@Matt-jj5po]

Listening to this song your body goes to sleep but your soul wakes up

[@_Retkon]

this is actually such a monumental moment omfg

[@froijbwz]

Whenever i listen to this it feels like i'm in the 80's. No social media, no internet.. just going out with friends and having fun. This is a treasure to me.

[@koenain]

this might be the only gig where people actually enjoyed the show rather than recording everything.

[@GShaw197]

Slightly ironic comment given this is a recording at a gig. But I get your point :)

[@ram_s_d27]

i hate this shit so much. preserving moments like this is invaluable.

[@loganoates6683]

Corny

[@swagdon7587]

i was there the vibe was something else, been to gigs before but never experienced something like that

[@slowdivr2]

OMG I would have lost my mind!

[@okitasouji1695]

GOOSEBUMPS FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END i really wanna see them live now

[@or3510]

Ever since this song first came about I've been going to their gigs just for this moment. Thank you, S.

[@fadedSF]

So you heard the Eternal single in 1990, then heard the guitarist was joining Slowdive and went to all their shows for the last 30+ years to see if they'd cover another band's song? Or you mean when the bootleg demo surfaced after slowdive split in 95, you went to their shows just to see if they'd play it?

[@chicho7411]

menos mal que fui adolescente en los 90 , fue increible 🤩

[@mourningcoffee7705]

I wish I could've fallen in love in that crowd, just lock eyes with someone and share that moment of completeness as they played this ethereal song, this must be what it feels like to be whole.

[@Sarnasik]

Holy crap! This is soo dreamyyy. 😍Cant wait to listen to it somewhere sometime...

[@mikeyfocus3845]

Had me in tears. What a night

[@P.Whitestrake]

They did it! They finally did it! Sadly, I wasn't there to watch it live. 😥

[@SentryTurbo]

such a pretty song!

[@steelefisher8717]

:) finally. Can't thank you enough for posting this. A treasure

[@2ndkombat]

Absolutely beautiful, I wish I was there to witness this miracle.

[@gabridelux453]

Sleep live... Is this real?

[@10thousandleaves]

これliveでやったのか！！！嬉し泣き

[@exit-bag]

this play song I will play on my dying breath, evergreen

[@XxWolfehSkrubxXkek]

One of the best songs ever made

[@FBI-ig1gh]

The song that made me love Slowdive, the song that make me know about Slowdive.

[@szczesciejestkoloruczarneg749]

thank you for this

[@anastasiapetrova9827]

Thank you so much for posting this!

[@alexisneverland666]

Este momento siempre lo espere!! :')

[@GShaw197]

Sí, valió la pena estar allí para! :)

[@shamrainn]

bəlkə kimsə bizdən var, qoymayın bu mahnı ölsün ❤️

[@martinemerson3459]

Ojalá la toquen en Chile >.< 🇨🇱🖤

[@crisha721]

siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii !!! lo necesito

[@rasenowo605]

Wow😭💖💖

[@relunaaa]

no photo, no video, no live or something about it. it's just to live that beautiful moments...

[@GShaw197]

So I shouldn't have filmed this and put on KZbin? Or taken stills at the gig? You have lost me!

[@relunaaa]

@@GShaw197 I was trying to say there are not too many phones to take that moments... im glad you to take this actually...

[@npppax_13]

До сих пор лучшая песня шугейза!

[@volkerhartnegg8211]

better listen to the sounds of putins colon

[@jahz1756]

Omgggggg🥺❤️

[@vendotortas9127]

Finally

[@christophermaynard1902]

Perfect example of a gift not wasted from a very early age...thank you so much slowdive...

[@ethanjpetch]

This hits the cut for sure

[@fullmoonsociety7463]

It's time they release it!

[@GShaw197]

As a studio recording? Not going to happen.

[@cern2220]

keşke orada olsaydım..

[@kwokkahmun]

i cant sleep now

[@jaredalonso1637]

Finaly sleep live version ❤ They should make a official release of their demos

[@GShaw197]

That’ll be completely up to Sony, I guess, who own all the back catalogue etc.

[@cameron_o]

I wish I could have seen this

[@GShaw197]

From this interview with Christian it looks like it (and maybe some other old unplayed songs) will be in the live set for a while yet www.mixcloud.com/DKFM_Shoegaze_Radio/starving-for-beauty-christian-savill-two-hour-special/

[@federeeco1337]

as iconic as it is, this song should remain unreleased. the fact that it's not published by the band it's somewhat better, as i think of this song as a gem that every fan should discover by themselves

[@zidaxi5297]

it’s on spotify

[@lievenspietael549]

Thank you Slowdive for this masterpiece

[@bhamacuk]

What?!! They played Sleep, a fan favourite. I wish they'd record it.

[@GShaw197]

You can find it at graveface.bandcamp.com/album/eternal-breathe

[@lettoreentusiasta9374]

First time live after 30 years... better late than never...

[@middleway5271]

I just saw them in St. Paul last week. They were SOOO GOOOD!!

[@lesinema1893]

I'm crying to this at least once a week:')

[@pgbear]

Thanks for posting this. I loved it. I've been a fan since 1990 but I'd never heard even heard of this song till maybe last year. Where did everyone else first hear this song? It's a mystery to me.

[@GShaw197]

It's a song from Eternal, Christian Savill's pre-Slowdive band. You can find it at graveface.bandcamp.com/album/eternal-breathe

[@fadedSF]

There are somewhere around 60 bootleg slowdive demos out there floating around the net in various states of bad quality mp3s. Sleep was a song by Eternal, Christian Savill's previous band. Slowdive recorded a demo cover of it in 92, but never released it. In the late 90s and 2000s, with file sharing sites popping up everywhere, lots of younger fans who weren't around while slowdive existed became fans of the band by downloading their "discography" online. With bootleg demos existing right alongside the actual album tracks, they didn't differentiate between them. Lot of 18-20 year old fans of the band listen to their unreleased stuff more than the stuff they put out. It's a weird phenomenon. I'm not sure if there's another band who has such a huge fan base that doesn't actually listen to their albums primarily. You can dig around now and find most of the unreleased songs here and there. Some good songs, several recorded with different arrangements. I recommend picking up the cherry red reissue of Pygmalion, which has 10+ demos recorded during that era on a bonus disc.

[@pgbear]

@@fadedSF Thanks Jeremy. Now it's all starting to make sense to me.

[@fadedSF]

@@pgbear yeah, it's totally convoluted! Alan McGee basically just kept rejecting their demo tracks. which ok, so that made them eventually get to Souvlaki, but i mean, just release a bunch of EPs! get the music out there... Ivo always said his regret was not signing Slowdive. who knows what the world would be like now if a label that embraced ethereal music had signed them and supported them? sent them on tour opening for the Cocteau Twins to an appreciative audience.......

[@fadedSF]

@@pgbear but like i was saying, there are a ton of demos out there, just bootleg mp3s... plus copies of a soundtrack called I am the Elephant, U R the Mouse, or something. it's not very interesting, but whatever. and the pygmalion demos are cool- it sounds like the style of pygmalion, but they aren't as cold and depressed, they hadn't had all hope beaten out of them by Creation records. several songs lie right between the tone of Just For a Day, but mixed with some Aphex Twin ambient tracks.

[@rebelscum1372]

it's not actually Slowdive's song but Eternal's, Christian Savill's band before Slowdive. released as a 7" single on the now defunct Sarah Records.

[@GShaw197]

Correct.

[@shean5098]

I didnt know this was uploaded on the date of my birthday

[@louist913]

man they need to release this asap

[@GShaw197]

You can find it at graveface.bandcamp.com/album/eternal-breathe

[@AmiltonJr99]

wow, the lyrics seems to be a little different than what people understood 2:25 And before we reach you (?) Go far, as far you can instead of Let the Lord embrace you Bow down, spare the reed

[@micahnewman]

Quelle surprise! I just noticed the progression is somewhat reminiscent of "When the Sun Hits."

[@dressedinblack444]

Don’t delete this video plzzz

[@GShaw197]

Have no fear, it is staying!

[@dressedinblack444]

@@GShaw197 thank you i love your romantic comments 🖤

[@johnnyroger3614]

masterpiece

[@clavopunk]

Este vídeo servirá para la posterioridad, tenía entendido que esta canción la había escrito Rachel... grande Slowdive ♥

[@GShaw197]

It was written by Eternal, the band Christian was in before Slowdive.

[@SlowBrow177]

I guess because the song exploded out of nowhere at the start of 2020

[@GShaw197]

Eh? It’s over 30 years old.

[@Vingul]

@@GShaw197 online, obviously

[@suarezmartinsuazo3599]

Bueno ahora que lo saquen la versión del 2023 y que saquen la demo también y el disco también hay que apoyarlos se ven que son cool 😎👌

[@weewewee]

me gistaría saber la letra que ella cantó aquí .. encuentro muchas versiones de la letra y muchas personas que oyen algo diferente.. me gustaría saber la versión de ellos :c

[@grendelum]

great recording, many thanks for sharing ;¬) what’d you use camera wise?

[@GShaw197]

Thanks - a Sony A7iii as was there for stills (www.flickr.com/photos/73728533@N06/albums/72177720299104859) but took the chance to film this as well.

[@VoidHereICome]

How tf is this the first live performance. I feel that i watched it before a thousand times.I believe so.

[@Vingul]

I believe not.

[@hemaj1347]

i still mess up with the lyrics but that’s how shoegaze is😩i wish i could see them someday ❤

[@biofitanatomy]

How come they never played it before? I love this song

[@gaminoso]

Mierda como no pude ir

[@konstantinlevin8651]

I really hope they won't give up performing before I start to make my own money. I really wanna see them live, but you know, Turkey is a kind of harsh country when it comes to visiting other countries.

[@konstantinlevin8651]

@petetestube2904 yeah, most likely they do earn a lot. The average salary here is way under 1k dollars. that makes it impossible to go abroad especially for students

[@digital_dreamware1349]

💕🤭

[@WindMan37s]

🖤

[@weewewee]

nooo solo me imagino eso.. así sin espétativas de nada y solo así vengan con ese intro de esa cancion😭 lloro en voz altaxdd

[@Dustbrother1099]

Damn. Does this mean I’m going to have to go into a an all-out deep dive into Slowdive?

[@GShaw197]

There are worse things to do a deep dive on! Enjoy :)

[@brysimm404]

Wow - very surprising to see Rachel with dark hair

[@kitch.04]

OH MY GODDDDDD KAASTIGGGGGGG HUHU😭🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

[@weewewee]

la letra. la letra porfavor.. después de este live no puedo creer que sigamos sin letras exactas

[@huimo4886]

oh my god

[@noel2x]

the original artist of this song is an unknown shoegaze band...eternal

[@GShaw197]

Yep, Christian Savill's pre-Slowdive band. You can find it at graveface.bandcamp.com/album/eternal-breathe

[@noel2x]

@@GShaw197 i have a 7" of that single. side b are the singles breathe & take me down

[@GShaw197]

@@noel2x The 10" has those two plus Remember on as well.

[@Finlandez24]

IMPOSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@diddyfan1297]

The missing part of souvlaki

[@MertCalkan]

i wish i go this gig with a gf who is a shoegaze fan / niche music listener.

[@pinoytrash]

this was the first slowdive song i’ve heard. it’s great they acknowledged this beauty. hopefully it’ll be released officially soon.

[@GShaw197]

Hearing it live occasionally is as good as we’ll get.

[@paulogustavo2119]

is the real band? or its a cover?

[@GShaw197]

It's the real 100% genuine no fakes band of Neil, Rachel, Nick, Simon and Christian. Why?

[@otiagodornelas]

.

[@manco828]

Please stop posting links to the original Eternal version. That's garage-quality and nothing close to the potential this song has if Slowdive gives it the proper 2020s studio treatment.

[@GShaw197]

Why? It is the original song and along with the live version that Slowdive have been doing is as good as we will get.

[@Vingul]

@@GShaw197 What? The Slowdive demo is the best version.

[@majorasmask_8288]

WHAT THE FUCK